Budgeting and Consumer Support

Organization facilitating access to psychological assessment and treatment services by covering part of the cost.

Reception of individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and day-to-day assistance with basic needs and in seeking a better quality of life and well-being.

• Social reintegration.
• Dining room.
• Clothing depot.

* Barber and hairdressing service.

• Day centre: coffee, showers, art workshop, music studio, computers, etc.
• Medium and long term housing.
• Health: chiropractic care for residents and people in post-housing follow-up, optometry, denturology, dental care, medical and nursing care.
• Regional Solidarity Trust: budget management assistance, bank account opening, check cashing, account payment, debts consolidation, etc.
• Social Assistance and Support Program, socio-professional reintegration.
• Compensatory work.
• Tax clinic.
• Distribution of new injection equipment to drug users (free service).

Street and outreach work.

• Welcoming, listening, support, assistance and referral.
• Guidance and accompaniment to resources: housing, addiction treatment, food bank, methadone program, etc.
• First aid.
• Bus ticket donations.
• Assistance with mediation between peers and within families.
• Accompaniment to job search assistance resources.
• Housing search assistance.
• Condom distribution and needle exchange.
• Naxolone distribution.
• Distribution of fentanyl test strips.
• Outreach cultural and sports animation work for youth at risk.
• Criminality and criminal gangs recruitment prevention.
• Sexual health, drug addictions, homelessness and violence prevention services.
• Workshops, information and awareness in schools.

Intervention, prevention and support services aimed to enhance quality of life.

• Mental heath support.
• Counselling for families, couples and individuals.
• Financial education: certain condition may apply.
• Support groups and customized workshops for parents.
• Employment: professional training, employability workshops and job search assistance in partnership with Services Québec: certain condition may apply.
• Employers: assistance to find qualified candidates with specialized skills.
• Immigration: support for newcomers with integration activities and employment assistance.

Support

• Listening, information, and referral helpline.
• Individual appointment: accompaniment, active listening, information.
• Discussion groups by videoconference.
• Emergency Aid Program: pharmacy gift cards to pay for hormone replacement therapy and grocery store gift cards.

Socialization

• Place for meeting and discussion.
• Monthly social activity in Montréal.

Awareness

• Conferences, training, awareness and demystification.

• Food assistance.
• Financial assistance.

• Information and referral.
• Community meals.
• Meals on wheels.
• Social, physical, recreational and educational activities.
• Home visits.
• Friendly and security phone calls.
• Line dancing, Zumba, yoga, monthly trips.
• Financial aid for taxi trips to medical appointments.

Support, training, and professional integration primarily for newcomers and internationally trained health professionals

• Information sessions.
• Coffee meetings.

Support for internationally trained physicians

• Guidance on integrating into the Canadian healthcare system
• Help with preparing for official Medical Council of Canada (MCC) exams
• Mentoring service provided by experienced professionals
• Access to educational tools and preparation activities

  Springboard programs in employability and training aimed at integrating newcomers into the job market

• Introduction to the profession of patient attendant (PAB).
• Social hairdressing integration program.
• Office automation integration program.

  Support for nurses

• Assistance in preparing for the professional order exam.

• Budget counselling, budget classes, information meetings.
• Homeownership classes.
• Workshops on solutions to debt.
• Conferences and workshops on consumption-related themes.
• Retirement planning course.
• Advocacy and defense of the interests of consumers.
• Desjardins Mutual Aid Fund loan.
• Agreement negotiations with Hydro Québec for households on a low income.
• Tax clinic.

• Help and information workshops on debts.
• Budget counselling.
• Classes on budgeting.
• Support to consumers and consumer rights advocacy.
• Tax clinic.

Financial coaching, support and advice.

• Individual or family budget consultation.
• Budget classes.
• Information workshops and training activities: budget, credit and consumption, debt.
• Sud-Ouest mutual assistance loans: occasional financial assistance in partnership with Desjardins (Desjardins Mutual Assistance Fund).
• Assistance with Hydro-Québec's payment arrangements.
• Advocacy of consumer's rights.
• Directory of resources and references: acefsom.ca/en/resources-and-useful-references
• Bonhomme à lunettes service point.

• Individual budget counselling.
• Budget and consumption courses and workshops.
• Information on the rights and obligations of tenants.
• Desjardins Mutual Aid Fund loan.
• Advocacy of consumers' rights.
• Assistance with Hydro-Québec payment agreement.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.

• Budget consultation and one-on-one help.
• Consumer rights.
• Tenant rights.
• Welfare recipient rights.
• Small loans.
• Help with payment arrangements made with Hydro-Québec.
• Popular education and group workshops.